Gar-seat



(No Model.)

E. L. BUSHNELL.

CAR SEAT.

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UNITED STATES.

PATENT OFFICE. Y

EDWIN L. BUSHNELL, OF PoUenKEEPsiE, NEW YORK.

CAR-SEAT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 461,179, dated October13, 1891.

Application filed July 9, 1891. Serial No. 398,892, (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWIN L. BUSHNELL, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Poughkeepsie, in the county of Dutchess and Stateof New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inOar-Seats, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of carseats shown in Letters PatentNo. 456,015, issued to me July 14, 1891, and particularly to the meansfor locking the striker-arm to the seat-arm bracket and for protectingthe seat-arm from injury in the movement of the striker-arms and back.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an end elevation of acar-seat; Fig. 2, a detail view of the lock for securing the strikerarm;and Fig. 3 is a rear view of one end of the seat, a portion only of theseat-back being shown. The back, striker-arms, seat, and generalconstruction and arrangement of the parts are identical with like partsshown in the patentreferred to, and need not therefore be particularlydescribed.

The striker-arm on the aisle side is indicated at A, the back at B, theseat at O, and the seat-arm at D. This seat-arm is formed with its underface curved, and this face is lined or shod with a metal strip a, whichextends beyond the inner line of the seat-arm toward the striker-arm,and thus forms a bearing or rub-iron for the striker, preventing theabrading of the inner face of the seatarm. Upon the outer face of thestriker-arm and below the under face of the seat-arm is cast orotherwise formed a lug b, which is provided with a recess or cavity 0,opening upward and outward, with its longitudinal .walls inclined fromthe front toward the rear,

one at each endwith which the bolt is adapted to register and thus lockthe back in place. The bolt is the ordinary spring-bolt pressedconstantly outward, and after it is retracted to disengage it from thelocking-notch the end of the bolt bears against the under face of thestrip a, which thus forms a rub-iron for the bolt also until it springsinto the notch at the otherend of the plate a. As the strikerarmslargely aid in supporting the back, and as this strain is too severe forthe simple bolt used to lock the parts,I utilize the lugb for thispurpose, and to prevent the abrasion of the posts of the seat-arm Icontinue the ends of the strip a down at each end to protect thewood-work, and against these projecting extensions f the upper edge ofthe lug bears.

hat I claim is 1. In combination, a carseat arm, back, and striker-arm,alug on the striker-arm projecting beneath the seat-arm, a dovetailedrecess in said lug opening upward, and a lock in said recess,substantially as described.

2. In combination with the seat-arm, back, and striker-arm, the underface of the seatarm being curved, a lock carried by the striker-arm andprojecting beneath the seatarm, and a strip a of metal secured to theunder face of the seat-arm and projecting beyond the inner line of saidarm, whereby a rub-iron is provided for the bolt of the lock beneath theseat-arm and for the striker-arm alongside said arm, substantially asdescribed.

- 3. In combination with the seat-arm, back, and striker-arm, a strip aof metal secured to the under face of the seat-arm and projecting beyondthe inner line of said arm to form a rub-iron for the striker-arm, saidstrip having its ends extending down vertically, and a lug on thestriker-arm projecting beneath the seat-arm and adapted to come incontact with the downwardly-extending ends of the strip a, substantiallyas described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDWIN L. BUSHNELL.

WVitnesses:

FRED E. ACKERMAN, HOMER E. BRIGGS.

